Clothes peg



p 1952 J. HANSEN 2,609,579

CLOTHES PEG Filed Dec. 10, 1948 I N V EN TOR. cJc/t Han sen Patented Sept. 9, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES PEG Jack Hansen, Lysaker, Norway Application December 10, 1948, Serial No. 64,650

2 Claims.

1 The present invention consists in a clothes-peg made in one piece and given such a shape as to be produced from plastic or similar material by moulding. The clothes-peg may also suitably be made of some kind of tough wood, hard rubber or the like.

The chief feature of the invention resides in the fact that the clothes-peg is provided with a curved groove the object of which is to receive the clothes-line by thrusting the peg downwards on said clothes-line. Thus the clothes-peg will be kept securely in position by the pressure exerted by the clothes-line on the limiting walls of said groove on account of the clothes-line being kept taut. Other features of the invention will be described below.

One embodiment of the invention is shown on the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the clothes- D Figure 2 showing the same as seen from rear, and

Figure 3 showing the same as seen from below.

Figure 4 shows a sectional view on the line IV-IV in Figure 1, and

Figure 5 a sectional view on the line VV in Figure 1, showing the clothes-line located in the groove.

The clothes-peg consists of a substantially U- shaped transversely curved body comprising a rear wall I and a front wall in the shape of a .tongue 2 which is made in one piece with the rear wall and extends from the upper portion of same. The width of the tongue 2 is substantially less than that of the rear wall I.

The inner side of the rear wall is given a concave curvature 3, and the inner side of the tongue 2 a convex curvature 4 in such a manner that between the rear wall and the tongue there is provided a curved groove 5. The front side of the tongue 2 is provided with a recess 6 forming a convenient means for easy handling of the clothes-peg.

A loop-shaped slot I is provided in the wall I, thus producing a tongue 8 in the central portion of the wall, at the place where the thickness of the wall is at its least. Said tongue extending a small distance from the bottom of the previously described groove 5 and is also positioned opposite and spaced from the tongue 2.

When the clothes-peg is to be attached, it is thrust downwards directly on to the clothes-line, which operation is easily effected on account of the fact that the walls of the groove 5 are adequately curved, thus forming no obstacle for the entering of the line into the groove. Upon contacting the bottom of the groove the clothes-line will exert a pressure on the walls of the groove because the line is kept taut. The pressure against the wall is particularly directed towards the outer edges of the curvature 3, whereas the pressure on the tongue 2 is comparatively evenly directed towards the convex curvature 4. On account of this pressure the clothes-line will attempt to straighten out the groove 5 thus slightly deforming the clothes-peg, which is made of a material which allows of a certain resilience. Thus the upper end of the tongue 3, which remains unaffected by the deformation will be thrust into the groove 5, and with the topmost part thereof take a position in which said topmost part abuts against the under side of the clothes-line, the tongue 8 thereby acting as a ratchet device, by which means the clothes-peg will be retained securely gripping the clothes-line.

Having now fully described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A clothes-peg made in one piece and comprising a substantially inverted U-shaped transversely curved body including a medial portion, a rear wall and a front wall and having a curved groove between the walls which is adapted to engage the opposite sides of the clothes line upon the thrusting of the body downwardly on the line, the front wall having the shape of a tongue, the thickness of which is substantially less than that of the rear wall and the breadth of which i less than that of the rear wall, and the rear wall being further provided with a curved slot to provide a tongue which is disposed opposite to the tonguelike front wall while the free end thereof is located a short distance from the inner end of the groove.

A clothes-peg as claimed in claim 1, in which the tongue in the rear wall is of less thickness than the remaining portion of the wall so that when the front and rear walls are slightly deformed, upon being engaged with the clothes line, the tongue in the rear wall, being of less thickness than the rear wall, possesses sufiicient resilience so as to take a position in which the free end is adapted to abut against the underside of the clothes line to act as a substantial ratchet device.

JACK HANSEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 23,178 Leavenworth Mar. 8, 1859 1,293,572 Sullivan Feb. 4, 1919 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 66,740 Austria Sept. 25, 1914 

